{"id":234847,"date":"2021-02-11T09:58:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=234847"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:12:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:12:37","slug":"irans-january-executions-reaffirm-the-longstanding-need-for-pressure-on-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/irans-january-executions-reaffirm-the-longstanding-need-for-pressure-on-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s January Executions Reaffirm the Longstanding Need for Pressure on Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the first month of 2021, the\u00a0<\/span>Iranian regime<\/span>\u00a0carried out the execution of at least 27 prisoners<\/a> in line with its 40 years of human rights violation. Statistics on this topic are often incomplete, as the Iranian judiciary is notorious for its secrecy and it tends to formally acknowledge only a portion of the total number of executions. Other instances are intermittently revealed by Iranian activists and fellow prisoners, but these can take months to be verified by reliable non-governmental organizations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Because of this, the existing estimate is very likely to be revised upward, even as the\u00a0<\/span>regime<\/span>\u00a0continues to implement death sentences for other prisoners. But even if the 27 known hangings<\/a> represent a complete record of executions up to this date, it puts Iran in a clear position to retain its record as the world\u2019s leading abuser of the death penalty. That outcome will only become more likely if Tehran lashes out against the domestic population in response to forthcoming crises, as it has done in response to outpourings of dissent in the recent past.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While a complete picture of 2020 is still taking shape, it is understood that at least 280 Iranian civilians were executed after a period of imprisonment during the year 2019. Very nearly as many executions took place in 2018, and\u00a0<\/span>both of these<\/span> figures exclude instances of pro-democracy activists being killed in the streets by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC<\/a>)<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During just one brief anti-regime uprising in November 2019<\/a>, an estimated 1,500 peaceful protesters and innocent bystanders were shot dead<\/a>, marking an extraordinary escalation over the several dozen killings associated with a previous uprising in the first weeks of 2018. Both of these clashes between the regime and its people also resulted in thousands of arrests, many of which led to prosecutions that were backed up by torturous interrogation, false confession, and the prospect of several years in the harsh conditions of Iran\u2019s most notorious prisons.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Violation of Human Rights in Iran<\/div><\/div>
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